Gardens of Pleasant Regret: on prospects of returning home

featured in the book Good Day with the art of Gale Whitman

I wish to see the garden,
the gardens—the tenth of an acre around my house—
    hard surfaces I laid down,
    soft earth I dug up,
    the green,
    the hues-floral,
    successes after decades of error and trial,
    the done, undone and yet to do,
    a patch of lawn that will need cutting,
    weeds that will have erupted,
    and gifts from good seeds that dropped in.
I wish to smell the smell,
listen to squirrels, birds, and gate,
and I wish to walk with pleasure and companion
as I hear—with pleasant regret—
of what I missed in the days and evenings of my absence.

Gardens of Pleasant Regret:

on prospects of returning home 

Bob Komives

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